Funding search · EIN 752267767 · Fort Worth, TX

Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax

Name: Community Foundation of North Texas (Tax grants, 2022–2024
Creator: PaperOrbit
License: https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/exempt-organization-public-disclosure-and-availability-requirements

A grantmaking public charity (files IRS Form 990, Schedule I). Charities like this often run real grant programs with application cycles.

2,941
grants reported: $138.4M
total given: 2022–2024
filing years: $15,000
median grant

Based on grants this organization reported to the IRS for tax years 2022–2024. This is what they filed, not a complete record of their giving, and recent years may be incomplete because filings lag.

What they fund

honor benefits distribution campaign care worth fort work

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Funding pattern

What this funder pays for, at what size, and how to position adjacent work. Read from their filings, with every number checked against the record.

Where the money goes

Fort Worth and Tarrant County human services and youth programs
Capital campaigns, buildings, and endowments for local institutions
Christian ministry, churches, and faith-based schools
Higher education gifts: TCU, Texas Wesleyan, UNT, Texas A&M
K-12 education, including FWISD Leadership Academy Network schools
Biomedical research prizes and named professorships (neurodegeneration, cancer)

Typical grant

The median grant is $15,000 and half of everything falls between $10,000 and $30,000, so the routine check is small. The seven-figure gifts go to capital projects, debt retirement, endowments, and general operations at a handful of institutions with clear donor ties, and $100,000 to $250,000 is the practical ceiling for anything short of that. Several lines repeat annually, including the McFadden distributions and multi-year installments labeled '1 of 4' through '4 of 4'.

Their words

Phrases from their own grant descriptions, worth speaking back to them.

“FOR GENERAL PURPOSES”
“FOR GENERAL OPERATIONS SUPPORT”
“FOR THE CAPITAL CAMPAIGN”
“FOR THE ANNUAL MCFADDEN DISTRIBUTION”
“TO SUPPORT FWISD LEADERSHIP ACADEMY NETWORK (LAN) SCHOOLS”
“AS AN ANNUAL GIFT”

Positioning adjacent work

Connect research to the Rainwater Prize line: neurodegeneration lab support went to Penn and Indiana at $200K-$400K.
Route university asks through the institution's foundation or advancement office, the pattern for every higher-ed gift here.
Ask $15,000 to $30,000 for a first program grant; reserve $100,000+ requests for capital or endowment.
Emphasize Tarrant County beneficiaries and name a specific building, endowment, or program line rather than general research.
Frame education work around FWISD schools or teacher preparation, both funded at six figures in 2024.

Worth knowing: This is a community foundation moving donor-advised money, so most grants follow an individual donor's relationships rather than a staff-run strategy, and descriptions sometimes name the requesting donor outright. Fort Worth and Tarrant County dominate, with a secondary Tyler cluster and out-of-state gifts almost always tied to a specific donor's alma mater, church, or prize.

6 grants matching “invitation” · $75,000

$25,000
Kathy Whitworth Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For the kathy whitworth invitational - no benefits
$10,000
International Justice Mission · Washington, DC · 2023
For general purposes in response to invitation from brian neitzel
$10,000
Kathy Whitworth Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For the kathy whitworth invitational - no benefits
$10,000
International Justice Mission · Washington, DC · 2023
For general purposes in response to invitation from brian neitzel
$10,000
Kathy Whitworth Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For the kathy whitworth invitational - no benefits
$10,000
Kathy Whitworth Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
For kathy whitworth invitational--no benefits

Top recipients

Repeat recipients are the strongest signal of whether a funder has an open door or quietly re-funds the same organizations.

Texas Tech Foundation15 grants · $10.5M
Botanical Research Institute of Texas10 grants · $4.1M
Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County20 grants · $3.5M
Rivertree Academy22 grants · $3.2M
Texas Health Resources Foundation16 grants · $3.2M
Fort Worth Country Day School36 grants · $3.1M
Tcu Advancement Office34 grants · $2.8M
Uvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foundation12 grants · $2.7M
Saving Hope Animal Rescue Fund11 grants · $2.2M
Abilene Christian University8 grants · $2.1M

Giving over time

$37.7M

2022

$60.3M

2023

$40.4M

2024

Grant history

The 100 largest of 2,941 grants.

$10.0M
Texas Tech Foundation · Lubbock, TX · 2022
For the renovation of the college of architecture. Donor asks the building be named the tommie j. Huckabee college of architecture
$2.0M
Rivertree Academy · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
For the new school campus
$1.5M
Saving Hope Animal Rescue Fund · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For general purposes
$1.1M
Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For their permanent supportive housing project
$1.1M
Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For their permanent supportive housing project
$1.1M
Texas Health Resources Foundation · Arlington, TX · 2024
For the morris meditation garden endowment
$1.0M
Children'S Advocacy Center of Smith County · Tyler, TX · 2024
For general operations support
$1.0M
Churchome · Kirkland, WA · 2024
For the purpose of ministry
$1.0M
East Texas Veterans Community Council · Tyler, TX · 2024
For support for camp v
$1.0M
Mentoring Alliance · Tyler, TX · 2024
For general operations support
$1.0M
Mosaic Counseling Centers of East Texas · Tyler, TX · 2024
To eliminate debt on mosaic's newly acquired office building at 6141 paluxy, tyler, tx 75703
$1.0M
Botanical Research Institute of Texas · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
For pledge payment 4 of 6 for construction of the baker martin family garden
$1.0M
Botanical Research Institute of Texas · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
For pledge payment 5 of 6 for construction of the baker martin family garden
$1.0M
Botanical Research Institute of Texas · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
For pledge payment 3 of 6 for construction of the baker martin family garden
$988,800
Texas Wesleyan University - Advancement Office · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
To support fwisd leadership academy network (lan) schools as detailed in the attachment
$950,000
New Leaf Community Services · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For the camp bowie west project
$937,000
Abilene Christian University · Abilene, TX · 2023
For the moody renovation
$937,000
Abilene Christian University · Abilene, TX · 2023
For the moody renovation
$800,000
Tarrant County Homeless Coalition · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For tobias place - deeply affordable housing project
$800,000
Tarrant County Homeless Coalition · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For tobias place - deeply affordable housing project
$580,000
Life Outreach International Association of Churches · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For general purposes
$553,500
Fort Worth Country Day School · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For comprehensive campaign, 2023 annual fund, video underwriting and 2023 angel donor gift - no benefits
$553,500
Fort Worth Country Day School · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For comprehensive campaign, 2023 annual fund, video underwriting and 2023 angel donor gift - no benefits
$540,000
National Christian Charitable Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
For the bruce hamilton fund (#4977326)
$515,812
University of North Texas Foundation · Denton, TX · 2024
For unt-college of education with a focus on elementary education
$500,000
All Saints Episcopal School of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For the saints elevate capital campaign designated for the new steam building - no benefits
$500,000
Center for Transforming Lives · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For the capital campaign, in honor of the mothers and families that the center for transforming lives serves
$500,000
Austin College · Sherman, TX · 2023
For the endowment for the executive director of student success and access services
$500,000
Austin College · Sherman, TX · 2023
For the endowment for the executive director of student success and access services
$500,000
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For the exploration and learning center
$500,000
Fort Worth Zoological Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For the exploration and learning center
$500,000
Uvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foundation · Uvalde, TX · 2023
To build new elementary school
$500,000
Uvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foundation · Uvalde, TX · 2023
To build new elementary school
$500,000
Uvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foundation · Uvalde, TX · 2023
For general purposes
$500,000
Uvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foundation · Uvalde, TX · 2023
For general purposes
$500,000
Botanical Research Institute of Texas · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
For pledge payment 6 of 6 for construction of the baker martin family garden
$500,000
Cornerstone Assistance · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
For milestone #1 new life center
$500,000
New Leaf Community Services · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Capital needs for camp bowie west permanent supportive housing project
$487,442
University of North Texas Foundation · Denton, TX · 2023
For unt-college of education with a focus on elementary education
$487,442
University of North Texas Foundation · Denton, TX · 2023
For unt-college of education with a focus on elementary education
$468,947
University of North Texas Foundation · Denton, TX · 2022
For unt-college of education with a focus on elementary education
$450,000
Fort Worth Independent School District · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
To support leadership academy network (lan) schools as detailed in the attachment
$450,000
University of Texas Longhorn Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
For south end zone capital project
$450,000
University of Texas Longhorn Foundation · Austin, TX · 2023
For south end zone capital project
$440,000
Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For the 2023 junior livestock auction sale of champions - no benefits
$440,000
Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For the 2023 junior livestock auction sale of champions - no benefits
$400,000
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania · Philadelphia, PA · 2024
For 2024 rainwater prize award - for unrestricted use in dr. Virginia lee's lab
$366,667
University Christian Church · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For the cornerstone capital campaign
$366,667
University Christian Church · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For the cornerstone capital campaign
$354,000
63 Fleetwood Memorials · Na, TX · 2024
For general purposes
$350,000
Saving Hope Animal Rescue Fund · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For the huckabee family support services - quarantine facility; the gunnison huckabee quarantine facility
$350,000
Kopperl Volunteer Fire Department · Kopperl, TX · 2023
As outlined in the attachment for equipment
$350,000
Kopperl Volunteer Fire Department · Kopperl, TX · 2023
As outlined in the attachment for equipment
$340,000
Fort Worth Stock Show Syndicate · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For the 2024 junior livestock auction sale of champions - no benefits
$333,000
The Kessler School · Dallas, TX · 2023
For general support
$333,000
The Kessler School · Dallas, TX · 2023
For general support
$333,000
The Kessler School · Dallas, TX · 2022
For general support
$329,000
Fort Worth Community Land Trust · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For gap funding ($164k), ed and stewardship coordinator ($165k)
$300,000
Cristo Rey Fort Worth High School · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
To support achieving the dream
$300,000
National Christian Charitable Foundation · Alpharetta, GA · 2024
For the he is worth fund (#5122706)
$300,000
Best Friends Animal Society · Kanab, UT · 2022
As follows: a) $150,000 - for the shelter collaborative program; b) $150,000 - for the houston shelter medicine outreach program. To be considered for eligibility with matching funds
$279,000
Tarrant To and Through Partnership · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
$9,000 for start up and $270,000 for salaries. Pledge payment 3 of 3
$275,000
Christian Relief Fund · Amarillo, TX · 2023
To support the work detailed in the summer 2023 proposal made to rainwater charitable foundation (enclosed)
$275,000
Christian Relief Fund · Amarillo, TX · 2023
To support the work detailed in the summer 2023 proposal made to rainwater charitable foundation (enclosed)
$267,000
Tarrant To and Through Partnership · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
As follows: $80k for startup and operational costs and $187k for salary
$259,671
Women Inspiring Philanthropy · Arlington, TX · 2023
For the transfer of assets from the w.i.p. Women inspiring philanthropy fund at ntcf to women inspiring philanthropy
$259,671
Women Inspiring Philanthropy · Arlington, TX · 2023
For the transfer of assets from the w.i.p. Women inspiring philanthropy fund at ntcf to women inspiring philanthropy
$258,000
Tcu Advancement Office · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For the eleanor & murray zoota professorship in neurodegenerative diseases endowment
$257,000
Tcu Advancement Office · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For the eleanor & murray zoota professorship in neurodegenerative diseases endowment
$257,000
Regenerative Research Foundation · Rensselaer, NY · 2023
In support of the work of drs. Sally temple and david butler - the prime of life brain initiative and the intra-body project
$257,000
Regenerative Research Foundation · Rensselaer, NY · 2023
In support of the work of drs. Sally temple and david butler - the prime of life brain initiative and the intra-body project
$250,000
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For general purposes
$250,000
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For annual gift
$250,000
Fort Worth Museum of Science and History · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For the fort worth museum of science and history arlington warehouse renovation that will house the leonard collection
$250,000
Jubilee Park & Community Center Corporation · Dallas, TX · 2024
To go towards the endowment
$250,000
Mission Arlingtonmission Metroplex · Arlington, TX · 2024
For purchase of land (1 of 4 installments)
$250,000
Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For journey home housing at seminary
$250,000
Rivertree Academy · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For new school building
$250,000
Tcu Advancement Office · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For the louella and nicholas martin creative commons (2 of 4 pymts)
$250,000
Tcu Advancement Office · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Louella and nicholas martin creative commons (4 of 4 pymts)
$250,000
Tcu Advancement Office · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For louella and nicholas martin creative commons (1 of 4 payments)
$250,000
Tcu Advancement Office · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
Louella and nicholas martin creative commons (3 of 4 pymts)
$250,000
Tcu Advancement Office · Fort Worth, TX · 2024
For "study abroad program" to pay program fees and additional spending for books and excursions for one student annually
$250,000
Uvalde Cisd Moving Forward Foundation · Uvalde, TX · 2024
To help meet the $5 million challenge grant
$250,000
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
To be added to the nicholas martin jr. Family foundation gift for the expansion of the andrew women's hospital
$250,000
Baylor Scott & White All Saints Health Foundation · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
To be added to the nicholas martin jr. Family foundation gift for the expansion of the andrew women's hospital
$250,000
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For navigators for the stay the course program
$250,000
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For annual gift
$250,000
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For annual gift
$250,000
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
For navigators for the stay the course program
$250,000
Fort Worth Opera Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
As an encouragement gift
$250,000
Fort Worth Opera Association · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
As an encouragement gift
$250,000
Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Journey home housing at seminary family housing development
$250,000
Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County · Fort Worth, TX · 2023
Journey home housing at seminary family housing development
$250,000
Botanical Research Institute of Texas · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
For pledge payment 2 of 6 for construction of the baker martin family garden
$250,000
Botanical Research Institute of Texas · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
Initial pledge payment for baker martin family garden
$250,000
Catholic Charities of Fort Worth · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
As an annual gift
$250,000
Fort Worth Museum - Sciencehistory · Fort Worth, TX · 2022
To help fund the purchase of the new playground equipment
$250,000
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · New York, NY · 2022
To be designated as a rainwater prize award. 100% is designated to be used for only direct costs in dr. Alison goate's lab. No indirects are to be netted out
$250,000
Tapestry Ministries · Desoto, TX · 2022
For general purposes

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Source: IRS Form 990, Schedule I, as filed by this organization. These are grants already paid. Grants paid directly to individuals are reported to the IRS only as totals, so they do not appear as named lines here.